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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-05-25

Point at Fortress Monroe for Richmond and land
ings OIL James river and with all other rail and
steamboat lines at Norfolk snd Fort Monroe.
For other information apply to
PHILIP B. HoOE,
may13tf Agt Prince Street Wharf
INLAND AND SEABOARD -u
L COAsTING COMPANY. .EalsSSsAaszszZssSSSs
GREATLY REDUCED RATES.
R:H~DAILY LINE75.N
FOR FORTRESS MONROE AND NORFOLK
DIRECT (No sToPsl
The steamers LADY OF THE LAKE and
JANE MOSELEY will leave their wharf EVERY
DAY at 500 o'clock p. m. Returning leave
Norfolk EVERY DAY at p. IN. Fare, first
class, So; round trip, SD.
FOR NEW YORK.
STEAMERS E. C. KNIGHT AND ~e1-e.
JOHN GIBSON EEGN
EVERY FRIDAY MORNING, and returning
leave New York, from pier Al, East river, every
SATURDAY.
The steamers of this company make connec.
tions at Norfolk for all points East; at New
York with ell points West and Northwest and at
Alexandria with Virginia Midland Railway and
UHSuihSgou iHu OUIO udllIOdu lUTOuHl ratcH
given anG freight handled carefully and promptly
For further information apply to
F. A. REED e. CO., Agent,
" Janneys WHAT
j. W. THOMPSON, President.
1416 F street,
sep27-d Washington, D. c.
NLYDE's STEAM LINE WEEKLY TO
PHILADELPHIA SGkIh
Appointed sailing days from Alexa. a EV.
ERY TUESDAY and from Philadelph EVERY
SATURDAY.
This line connects at Alexandria with tho Vir.
ginia Midland and Washington and Ohio railroads.
and at Philadelphia with Clyde's regular Steam. |
ships.
Freight forwarded with promptness and care.
free of commissions
No charge for transfer in Philadelphia. Quick
time. Frequent departures. Through rates and
through bills of lading given. Insurance at the
lowest rates.
Agents
F. A. REED & CO., Alexandria.
WIN. P. CLYDE & CO., Philadelphia. |
JOHNSON g. CO., Wash. & Georgt'n. |
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-05-25

RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION.
Daily Gazette, per annum, 5000
Tri-weekly Gazette for county, 400
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-05-25

yVOMATO CATSUP, Chow Chow, Mixed Mus
L tard and mixed Pickles in bulk, for sale in
quantities to suit by
nov19 j. &. MlLBUkN.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-05-25

DAINT YOUR OWN BUGGY-Just received the
i following new line of Colors: Olive Fonce,
Ponceau, Ecarlate, and Jet Coach Black. Call for
sample For sale by
iap25 w. F. CREIGHTON & co.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-05-25

IIENCING WIRE-We have now full stock of
L Fence Wire, both with and without barbs,
twisted and ribbon and we are selling it low.
JAS F. CARLIN 81 SONS,
ap3O Alexandria, Va.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-05-25
Landreth'S Garden Seeds.

We haye just received our first supply of the
above celebrated Seeds for this season.
Catalogues furnished upon application.
mb2 E. S. LEADBEATER & BIO.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-05-25

ny BBLS CHOICE FAMILY FLOUR, best
| J known brands bought before the advance,
for sale low by
janis }. u M1LBORN.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-05-25

The steamers LADY OF THE LAKE and
JANE MOSELEY will leave their wharf EVERY
DAY at $50 o'clock p. m. Returning, leave
Norfolk EVERY DAY at p. IN. Fare first
class, So; round trip, SO.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-06-23
WASHINGTON.

The president has buckled down to
work at the white house after his outing
in the Adriondacks.
HE total circulation-coin and curren-
cy-of the United States, May 81, 1887, was
1927 $50, an increase eff $59,566, 545 as
compared with the circulation May 81,
1886.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND has recinded the
order for the return of the rebel flags.
He expresses doubts of its legality, and
intimates that if such plan is carried
out in future it can only be done by the
direction of Congress.
The prominent railway lawyers who are
here say that the decision of Interstate
Commission in regard to the long and
short haul evades the issue. An appeal
to the courts is as open as to the new
tribunal. In lodging its own dilemma
the commission has not wholly relieved
the railroads.
A DISPATCH from Petersburg, Va, says
Senator Malone is engaged in writing
out his plans for settlement of the State
debt, which he thinks will prove salts
factory to it's foreign bondholders. The
docum emit, it is said, will be very lengthy,
and when finished will be painted in pam
pallet form and distributed throughout
the state
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-06-23
FIRES AND CASUALTIES.

AT Butler, Mo-, Tuesday, Wesley and
Elmer Fisher attempted to cross bridge
on traction engine. The structure gave
away and Wesley was drowned.
A TRAIN on the Saginaw Valley and st.
Louis Road was derailed late Thursday
night, and Charles Weidman, engineer,
Merritt Corbett and George Sanfore, fire
men, were severely injured.
WARREN SHERMAN, an old man living
at. Oneida, New York, E,patented an auto
matte railroad signal, and had just secur-
ed it's adoption by the New York Central
when he was run over and decapitated by
one of the company's trains at Utica.
The loss by the destruction of the Have
meyer sugar refinery at Green Point,
Long island, is estimated at $1,OOO,OOO.
One employe is missing, and is supposed
to have persisted in the flames.
WHILE a number of men were examin-
ng charge which failed in Rain d
Kauffman's stone-quarry, near Leesport,
Pa, it exploded with great force, fatally
injuring Francis P. Kaufman and Philip
Schaeffer, and severely injuring three
others.
WBGLE driving wagon loaded With
nitro glycerine cans near Clean, New
York, Tuesday the cans exploded with
terrible force, instantly killing Hem Hart,
whose mangled remains were found many
yards away. The wagon was blown to
splinters, the horses hardly mangled,
fences, etc., demolished.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-06-23
FOREIGN.

M. BATTLE, a prominent lawyer and
politician of France. is dead,
M. VITRY, opportunist, has been elected
to fill a vacancy in French chambe from
the department. of Haute-Morne.
Ev1oTIoNs have been resumed at Bodyke
Ireland. The sheriff and his posse are
under protection of force of six hun
dred soldiers and policemen.
The Russian government has pohibit-
ed Chinese and Coreans from settling in
the Russian territory contiguous to their
countries.
B1sMARK's condition has become worse.
He is afflicted with rheumatic pains which
presvnt sleep. His doctors advise rest
and change of climate. His illness, how
ever, prevents travelling at present.
REsT1Cs, the new premier of Servia, is
a man of strong Russian sympathies.
His elevation is considered a check to
Austria and gain for Russia in the Bal
kans.
THERE has been a great conhagration
in Botuschany, Roumania, city of 40, 900
inhabitants. Eight hundred houses were
destroyed and seven persons were killed.
REPORTS prevail at Ottawa, Ontario,
that the Premier, Sir John Macdonald,
had threatened to resign if Parliament
adopted the resolution in favor of total
abstinence. The closeness of the vote
has rendered the Prohibitionists jubi-
liant.
Switzerland has voted two to one to
place the manufacture and sale of spirit
uous liquors solely within the hands of
the government, making it an exclusive
government monopoly. The popular vote
was $4,000 in favor to III, 900 opposed.
The great work of coercing the people
of Alsace Lorraine into loyalty" goes
brayeIy on. A man has just been arrest
ed at Metz for selling pipes bearing a
carved head of General Boulanger, and a
Frenchman who was visiting friend
in Alsace has been expelled from the
province.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-06-23
dry months during our trea sherous sum-

dry months during our trea sherous sum-
mers.
1t is not, as some may suppose, very
difficult matter to have supply of green
fodder to meet drouth coming at any
time in the summer. Winter rye can be
grown for early feed, and if not needed
can be- allowed to ripen and be harvest
ed for the grain. Green clover also grows
large quantities of feed in early summer.
Sweet corn comes soon after, and furnish
es most excellent green fodder, which can
be fed out green, or if not needed, can be
cut up and stacked for dry fodder. Com
mon field corn-that is, our home grown
Dent varieties-makes excellent green
fodder, if cut when the ear is filling and
maturing. Hungarian can be grown SO
as to come in midsummer, or later, and
for short time furnishes excellent green
food In large quantities; but its time is
short. as 1t soon becomes mature enough
20 cut for hay. Some such variety of
crops can be grown, and only enough
used green to hold the pastures up in
gooc shape. No crop need be planted
taat Will not make good hay or dry fodder,
or silage, If a silo is in use.
If drouth comes it pays to begin feed.
ing the green crops in time, and not
wilt until stock are starved out. ANY of
these crops are cheap food compared
with the dry foods fed in winter. In
summer stock grow rapidly at little ex-
pense, and it certainly pays to keep the
growth continuous, partly for the increase
while feeding green fodder, and partly
for the better condition stock are ir when
fall pastures revive, Particularly is this
true with COWS in milk, since the flow if
once lessened is not easily brought up to
Its normal quantity. Soiling is thought
by many as worth the consideration of no
one except the dairyman. Stock cattle,
young horses, sheep and hogs make profit
able use of green food in summer, and if
it can not be supplied by pastures it should
by cutting green field-crops.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-06-23
FIRES AND CASUALTIES
Fourteen Fires in Chicago Friday
FROM various Causes-Losses Light.
An ohlo Train Falls Through Trestle
Fatally Injuring Four Men.
steamer Champlain Destroyed by Fire
on Lake Michigan-Many Lives Lost
A Great Day for Fires in Chicago

CHICAGO, June 17.-Up to IL 40 to-n;gbt
there mas been IA separate fires in Chi
cago since sun rise. Two were in the
lumber district during the afternood and
for time threatened great destrnction
Ihere was no evidence of incendiarism
and the blazes were attributed TO the
over-heatlng of the lumber and
dry kilns. The losses by these bIazes
amount to about $4,000, well insured
Most of the other fires were extiuou;shed
With trihing loss, and arose from .
variety of causes. About dusk flames
broke out In Crane Brothers foundry
but were subdued with q loss
OF $4,000. A dense crowd congregated
at this fire and the sidewalk on Canal
street gave way beneath them. A num-
Der OF people received bad bruises and
cuts, nobody being fatally injured.
CHICAGO, June IA dangerous fire
started In the lumber district, to which
twenty SIX engines were summoned, this
afternoon. The fire caused considerable
excite ment as it occurred in such a dan
gerous district and it was thought to be
beyond the control of the fire depart
ment. The fire spread steadily and
strong breeze sprung up from the south
which seemed to threaten destruction to
the fire lumber district. By 5 O'Clock
the entire was gotten under control. It
caused loss of not more than twenty
dollars.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-06-23
No Art. But it REQUIRES Nerve.

Says Mr.. Cross, the London dealer in
wild beasts: / received from a young
Frenchman of good family several letters
In which he requested to enter the lions
den at my receiving house in Earle street.
He assured me that his vocation was that
of a ion-tamer, and one fine day he paid
me visit, In company with three of his
compatriots, whom he had brought with
him in order that they might be witnesses
of his intrepidity. He asked me if I
could give him stu ton, and, pointing
to cage in which there were three fine
African lions, he entreated me to allow
him to put them through performance.
had just time to tell him that he might
enter at ibis OWE risk, when I was called
into the office. After the lapse of quar-
ter of an hour man rushed up to the
desk where was writing and exclaimed
excitedly: "Mr. Cross, one of the lion
is out" "Where!" I asked, to which h
replied: "Loose in the building!" 0
hurrying to the spot found the door of
the den open and the Frenchman inside
with his back against the wooden parti-
ton, and two of the lions staring him in
the face, while the escaped lion had made
for the end of the narrow passage, where
it was meditating mischief to the other
Frenchman, who had taken refuge on the
top of a pile of boxes, their faces as
white as sheet. The first thing I cid
was to close the door leading to the yard,
and next to get the amateur lion tanner
out of the den. It was we'll for him that
one OF the lions had got out of the cage,
because the other two were SO amazed at
the fact that they remained. for a minute
or so perfectly still. We had great diff
Guilty in making the third lion re-enter the
den. At last we succeeded, not, however
without some danger. After this had been
done / myself went into the cage with no
weapon, and simply smoking a Gig or.
My entrance was the signal for tremend-
Gus bounding backward and forward on
the part of the beasts, which were evil
IDENTIFY not little terrified at one of their
companions having escaped. AS 1 stood
calmly within the den, with my eyes fixed
on the evcited animals, I said: "You see,
there is no art in lion tanning, but it re-
quires nerve" think the result of that
afternoons adventure quite cured the
young Frenchman of his mania for being
a lion tanner.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-06-23
CRIME.

DESPERATE known as "Dago Joe" was
taken from the officers and lynched by a
mob near Austin, Mississippi.
Two "keepers" in the New York CITY
insane asylum on Wards island, named
McHugh and Cleary, have been arrested
on the charge of causing the death of
George Parrish, a lunatic, by brutal treat
ment.
WILLIAM M. MALoNEY, ex-reading clerk
OF the Doodle board of aldermen at New
York, will return from Canada to that
city to testify against "Jake" Sharp. I'M
der promise of immunity from the
states attorney.
A DISCREPANCY has been discovered in
the accounts of Treasurer Pascoe, Of the
International Typographical Union, the
extent of which is not stated. Mr. Pascoe
has resigned" the treasurership, and q
successor has been elected.
JOSEPH HUDERLE, formerly a school
teacher of Shelby county, Ohio, is charge
with the ruin of twenty oF thirty little
girls who were under his care, has been
arrested at Toledo.
F. Fl. WILLIS, the Warren, D. T. mer-
chant who assigned recently, was bound
over to await tho action of the Grand
Jury, charge of obtaining money by
false Pretences having been brought
against him by Jewett Bros.
G. WILSON and James Read, residing
near Faulkton, D. L. became involved in
dispute this morning, the result of which
was that Reed was shot through the alb
domen, and died a few hours later. A
personal fued of long standing was the
cause. Wilson is now in Jail at Faulkton.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-06-23
The Gentleman And the Tiger

The son of well-know New Yorker
left the city last summer to make his
home with an uncle who had grown rich
in the Orient. Several months ago the
family received letter from the uncle
saying that his nephew was dead and that
the body had been embalmed and sent
home by sailing ship. Last week the
vessel arrived here and the young mans
parents, attired in deep mourning, went
to receive the remains. A peculiarly
shaped box was delivered to them and
was removed to their home. When under
taker opened the chest to give the parents
a last look at the body it was found to
contain large Bengal tiger. The sur
prised father at once cabled to his brother
in India: "Some mistake. Georges
body not arrived. Coffin contained Ben
gal tiger" Last night this answer was
received: "No mistake; George inside
tiger.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-06-23
THE PRESIDENT EXPLAINS
He Writes Letter to the Secretary of
War Regarding the DISPOSE
ton Of Rebel Flags.
After Due Consideration of the Matter
He Thinks 1t Best not to Re-
turn Them.
THE REBEL FLAGS.
President Cleveland's Letter to Secretary En-
dicOtt.

President Cleveland's Letter to Secretary En-
dicOtt.
WASHINGTON, June 16.-The following
letter was sent to the secretary of war by
the president to-day, in regard to the dis
position of the flags captured during the
war: have to- day considered with more
care than when the subject was orally
presented to me, The action of your de-
partment in directing letters to be ad-
dressed to the governors of all the states
offering to return if desired, to loyal
states, union flags captured during the
war of the rebellion by the confederate
forces and afterwards recovered by gov
eminent troops, and to confederate
states flags captured by the onion
forces all of which for many years
have been packed in boxes and
stored in the ceiler and attic of the
war department.. I am of the opin-
ion that the return of the flags in the
manner thus contemplated is not author
lied by existing law, nor justified as an
executive act. [ request therefore that
go further steps be taken in the matter
except to examine and inventory these
flags and adopt proper measures FOR their
preservation. Any directions as to the
final disposition of them should origin
ate with congress.
Yours truly,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-06-23
THE LATEST KILOGRAMS.
GENERAL NOTES.

FROM a numbered stations in Northern
Iowa, Southern Minnesota and Dakota
come reports showing the corn to be 20
per cent ahead of last year.
Ex-SEcRETARY CHANDLER was Tuesday
elected United States Senator by the New
Hampshire Legislature.
The PAGER Richball (2:1215) was de-
feated at freeport. ILL.,, Friday, by Tom
my Lynn in straight heats, the best time
being 2:201a.
JUDGE LAWRENCE, of the Supreme Court
of New York, decided Friday that hotel
keepers could not sell liquor to eheir
guests with meals on Sunday.
THE strike of the coke-workers in Penn
sylvania has ended in victory for the
men. Operations in all the works will be
resumed at once.
The citizens of Huntington, Nd, say
Mrs. B. f. Howe, of that town, owes her
recovery from thirty months attack of
nervous prostration, to the faith cure.
The President and Mrs. Cleveland ceIe
brated the first anniversary of their wed
ding by going fishing on Saranac lake
They will spend several days at Albany
on their return to Washington, the guests
of Governor Hill.
The contest over the Dixon will at
Atlanta, Georgia, has resulted in the will
being sustained by the supreme court.
The will gives 100000 to the negro con-
cubine of the testator, which, it is assert
ed, makes her the weaithiest colored
woman in the world.
On the ore docks of the New York,
Pennsylvania and Ohio Railroad at CIeve-
land, Tuesday serious riot occurred, in
whlch negro wOrkmen and the strikers
engaged. Many were injured on both
sides.
LARGE increase in the duty on Ameri-
can lard is about to be made in Italy as a
protective measure. A recent analysis
made in that country is said to have
shown that American lard contains - to
10 per cent. of water.
THE great coke strike in Pennsylvania
practically ended Thursday when the
Hungarian strikers returned to work at
the old schedule of wages. There are
1000 foreigners in the coke regions, and
they say they will return to work when
the opportunity offers.
The New York regatta sailed Saturday
to fine sailing breeze. The Atlantic
again led the entire feet throughout,
beating the Priscilla over thirty-nine
mile conrse 5 minutes and SO seconds,
and the Galatea minutes and SO seconds
In the other classes the winners were the
Titania, Magic, Cinderella, Rival, and
Mariola.
THE collapse Tuesday, in Chicago of
the deal lately being run in wheat was
naturally accom- panied by will excitement
in board of trade circles, suspension of
three commission houses,-one a clique
houses,-and severe depression in the
market, in June option-the cornered
month-the days decline was III cents,
in July and fve-eight cents, and III
August 212 cents. For June the last
quotation. was 74A cents,for July 1873
cents, and for August 1874 cents. Spec
ualative operations were estimated at up
ward of 1OO,O0O,OOO bushels.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-06-23
Green Crops for Summer.
Prairie Farmer,

Reports from various parts of the
country bring forcibly to mind the fact
that all localities in the Northwest are
liable to periods of drouth of shorter or
longer duration. Men may talk about
their own Locality free from drouths, or
that the climate is becoming more moist,
ETC., but the hard fact remains that every
where in this vast territory drouths are
liable to occur at any time during the
season when crops are growing. Ami
mails running on pasture depend on the
food being constantly grown, and if
drouth of any considerable length &C.
ours they have very scanty living indeed.
There are two ways of supplying food
for such times. One is to increase the
acreage of pasture enough so that one or
more fields can be reserved for summer
pastures. The other is to grow some
green fodder crops that can be cut and
fed out as needed in dry times. Where
land is plenty and cheap and labor ex-
pensive theformer plan is best, and where
land is costly compared with the price of
labor, the latter is certainly the prefer
able plan. Much can be said In favor of
soiling as a method to adopt throughout
the year, where land is expensive and
manure very valuable, all of which ap-
plies to the case in hand. Pastures will
sustain more cattle during the spring
and carly summer than during the latter
part of the summer. In order that the
pastures may have rest to recuperate
for fall feed, green fodder can be fed
during the heat of summer to good ad-
vantage 10 almost all farm animals. 1t
takes but few acres of winter rye, red
clover, sweet corn, common field corn or
Hungarian grass to save having large
pasture to furnish food for one Or two
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-06-23
A LAKE DISASTER.
: Steamer With Thirty or Forty Persons
Aboard Burned by a Lamp Explosion.

:: Steamer With Thirty or Forty Persons
Aboard Burned by a Lamp Explosion.
CHARLEvoIx, Mich, June 1.-THE
steamer Chanplain, having on board
thirty or forty persons, composed of pas
sengers and crew, burned this morning
at 1 O'Clock, six miles out from here. The
fire started in the fireman's room from a
lamp explosion. So rapidly die the
flames spread that the steamer had to be
abandoned in ten minutes, and before
the boats could be lowered. Fifteen to
twenty liver are known to have been lost.
Twelve bodies have already been recov-
cred all but five of which have been iden,
tilted. Nine persons were picked up af-
ter having been in the water two hours.
The Champlain left Chicago last Tues
day, with full load of freight and an
average number OF passengers, and was
bound for Cheboygan, CharIevoix is at the
upper end of lake Michigan about 6Omiles
south of Mackinaw straits. The Cham
plain is owned by Peter j. Klein, of Mil
waukee, and was valued at about 1875, 500.
She was an No. vessel, in good con-
dition, and was regarded as among the
best vessels on the lake.